Higher Learning in the Digital Age
Topics
The Forces of Change
The Age of Knowledge
Forces of Change
Forces on the University
Financial Imperatives
Technology
Changing Societal Needs
Market Forces
The Skills Race and the Need for ìHigher Learning
The Skills Race
Some data points
Educational attainment of U.S.Population
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Information Technology and the Future of the University
A Detour: The Evolution of Computers
From Eniac
To ASCI White
Implications for Research Universities
Information Technology and the Future of the Research University
NAS/NAE/IOM Steering Committee
Process
Some early conclusions about the evolution of information technology
The Evolution of Computing
Some Extrapolation of the PC
Some Examples
Computer-Mediated Human Interaction
Evolution of the Net
Another Way to Look at It Ö
Some Other Possibilities
A Case Study: the University
Research
Libraries
The Plug and Play Generation
Some Interesting Statistics
Teaching to learning
IT-Mediated Distance Learning
A Concern
The Digital Divide
The Impact of Technology
Some early conclusions (continued)
A Social Transformation
Another perspective Ö
The Restructuring of the Higher Education Enterprise
Two contrasting futures
Scenario 1
The current monopoly
Restructuring
A quote from a venture capital prospectus
United States Higher Education ìSystemî
The Evolving U.S. Education System
Contributions of the Research University
The Knowledge Industry
The Core Competencies of the University
Caveat
How Should Universities Handle Content?
A possible future
Some implications
Scenario 2
A Society of Learning
Key Characteristics
Evolution or Revolution?
Some quotes...
The Key Policy Question
Concluding Remarks
A Renaissance?
Some Further Speculation
2009
2009 (continued)
2019
2019 (continued)
2029
2029 (continued)
2049
By 2099
By 2099 (continued)
Many milleniums hence Ö
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